Developing Augmented Reality Android Application

Samarth Shah

Augmented Reality

Google Glass

Mediated Reality - History

Conventionally Real-Time

Photo Courtesy: http://glass-apps.org/google-glass , http://carolinastylemag.com/2013/05/29/mancavescitech-google-glass/

Augmented Reality - SDK

Wikitude

Metaio

D'fusion Studio

Vuforia

Augmented Reality - Applications

Ingress

Nokia City Lens

Unity3D

Cross-platform Game Engine

Built-in IDE

Multiplatform

Vuforia - Enable your apps to see

Developed by Qualcomm

Computer Vision

API in C++ , Objective C , JAVA , .NET through Unity Extension

Android , iOS

Vuforia - Features

Faster local detection of targets

Cloud recognition of up to 1 million targets simultaneously

User-defined targets for run-time target generation

Cylinder targets – Detection and tracking of images on a cylindrical surface

Text recognition – Recognition and tracking of printed text (words)

Robust tracking – Augmentations stick to the target and are not easily lost as the device moves

Simultaneous tracking of up to five targets

Better results in real world conditions – Low light, partially covered target

Vuforia – Development Options

Source: https://developer.vuforia.com/resources/dev-guide/getting-started-overview

Source; https://developer.vuforia.com/resources/dev-guide/vuforia-ar-architecture

Demohttp://goo.gl/pwDFT4

Getting Started - Unity3D

Getting Started - Vuforia

Getting Started - App Development

Beyond Gaming

Art

Construction

Translation

Tourism

Television

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